Disability groups urge against assessment and accountability waivers

Allowing the waivers could lower expectations for students with disabilities, they told the U.S. Education Department.

RIFs rip through federal Office of Special Education Programs

With OSEP reportedly decimated, one special education expert asks: How can IDEA "possibly function"?

California high schoolers to gain automatic offers to Cal State under new law

A pilot version of the program proactively offered thousands of students acceptance into the public university system.

Updated Oct. 14, 2025

Week In Review: H-1B visa concerns continue

We’re rounding up last week’s news, from a Supreme Court ruling resulting in very few curriculum opt-outs to gaps in students’ life skills.

Inside North Carolina’s direct admissions program

A statewide initiative is offering high school students proactive admission to dozens of public and private colleges, following a pilot last year.